If you have a WordPress website, it is useful to have the Rank Math plugin. With this plugin, you can improve SEO (search engine optimisations) so that you get better search results and more organic traffic. Find out in this blog what Rank Math is, how to install it and what it can help your website with.
Rank Math is the SEO plugin for WordPress websites that makes optimising websites easy. You get possible on-page seo optimisations per page and post based on the keyword set to improve the page. Based on these improvements, you can increase your SEO score. This score shows how well your page/message is optimised. This plugin also allows you to determine which pages are indexable and how you want your website to appear in search results with structured data.
How to install the plugin?
Once the plugin is activated, you also need to configure it. For this configuration, you go through several steps. This involves entering your e-mail address, choosing basic settings in the Rank Math setup wizard, filling in your website details, connecting to Google (e.g. to confirm website ownership via Google Search Console). After these settings, you can set up your website’s site folder. This is important to show search engines how your website is structured. After all these settings, Rank Math is ready to use.
Rank Math is the ideal tool to improve your website’s on-page SEO. For each page, you should first set a focus keyword and possibly some individual keywords (auxiliary keywords). You will then be shown a score for each page to see how well the content is optimised for that keyword. Based on the chosen keyword and score, you will then get recommendations to improve the page.
After setting your focus keyword, the “general settings” tab will give you recommendations in 4 categories. Basic SEO, additional, title readability and content readability. Briefly, by category, the various recommendations.
You can also use Rank Math to adjust the meta title and description. If it also contains the keyword you set, it will increase the score. Here you can also see how it will look in Google. Here you can also customise the slug of the page so that it is clear to website visitors and also contains the keyword.
Besides these general settings, you can also adjust some advanced settings. This allows you to set whether each page is allowed to be indexed and whether a particular canonical URL should be set.
In the general Rank Math dashboard, there are several things you can customise and set for your website. You can set things like instant indexing, local seo, schema markup (structured data), etc.
Modules you should definitely turn on (that are not on by default) in Rank Math:
It’s hard to say which plugin is better. Yoast SEO is the standard WordPress SEO plugin, while RankMath is an all-in-one SEO suite. So with Rank Math, you will be able to do much more. Are you really very much into SEO, it is definitely recommended to get the premium version to take advantage of the premium functions and extra features.
Often, you don’t have much time to spend on your website and optimise it. This is why Rank Math is the ideal tool. It is easy to install, but also during use.
SEO is about understanding data. How users find, visit and interact with your website. Rank Math also has this feature because you can link with Google Analytics and Google Search Console. If you use the paid version of Rank Math, you can track your rankings weekly and have much more data.
It is very important to use schema markup in your SEO efforts. Schema is a type of HTML markup that helps search engines, such as Google and Bing, better understand what the page is about and how it should be displayed in search results.
You get automatic recommendations for each page/post on how to improve it and what exactly you need to do for it.
Rank Math automatically generates an XML sitemap for your website and submits it to the search engines. This makes it easier for websites to be indexed. You can also very easily check which pages are indexed and fix any problems if they cannot be indexed.
It is important to use other tools besides Rank Math to optimise your website. So you can use Google Search Console to check how well your pages are doing, which keywords you are being found on and which pages you need to tackle first to rank higher. In addition, you can also use Semrush to look at which keywords your competitors are ranking for. It is then also connected to Google Search Console, allowing you to easily compare your numbers with those of a competitor.
SEO is a long-term investment, so immediate results are often not immediately visible. Consistent effort is essential. In addition, it is also important to note that it is easier to rank higher for a keyword you already rank for than to rank for a new keyword.
Explore our blog “Starting with SEO” to know more about SEO and what it is all about.
With Rank Math, you get access to several features you can use to improve your website. The plugin is very user-friendly and also offers extensive functionality. The free version contains everything you need. If you want to use even more stuff (like content ai), you need to get the paid version. Want more information regarding SEO? Then be sure to discover our blog or are you in need of SEO training? You certainly can. Then be sure to check out our SEO basic training or our SEO advanced training for more information.
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